JamesJazGuitar
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The Tubes are playing in Orange County tonight and their lead singer Fee Waybill and his wife will be staying at my home after the concert. They have to get to Phoenix for a concert and instead of driving back to Beverly Hills, will be flying out of O.C's John Wayne airport. Our wives are BFFs and this is how I got to know Fee (John).
Anyhow should be an interesting but long night! Here is a video of their biggest hit.
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6 hours ago, Hibi said:
But not in films. 3 times is ridiculous compared to those they've never even honored. (and can easily obtain their films like Gish and Davies!). But nothing beats the SOTM for Dorothy Dandridge.
I'm not following what you're saying here; E.g. "but not in films"? Are you saying Ball wasn't in many good films? Didn't give good film performances?
The comment about Dorothy Dandridge: are you saying she didn't deserve to be SOTM?
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See Cape Fear.
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42 minutes ago, Bethluvsfilms said:
I'll never understand why TCM devotes a day to certain actors and then schedules films that said actor/actress only have a minor role in, even just a cameo role.
I mean why not feature the movies that best display them in their leading status?
TCM tends to show films they already have leasing rights to. Also, what should be shown at 3:00 AM? I.e. if TCM showed one of the films that best displayed that actor at that hour, people would complain about that to no end.
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16 hours ago, LsDoorMat said:
OK, from your descriptions this could have been "The Chase". From the synopsis I was expecting a Western and what I tuned into looked like some party in Manhattan. Thanks for responding.
Redford is Bubber Reeves and his mother is played by Miriam Hopkins. There are others 30s actors in the film such as Bruce Cabot and Eduardo Ciannelli. Martha Hyer is also in the film.
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Lucille Ball is a good choice from a marketing POV since she is well known for her T.V. shows by people that may not be into studio-era films (or not too familiar with them).
E.g. how many are out there that might not even know that Ball was a fine actress and not just a comedian that created one of the most popular sit-coms of all time.
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2 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
The Queen of Black Magic (1981) Indonesia/Dir: Liliek Sudjio - Supernatural revenge tale about a spurned woman (Suzzanna) who is accused of witchcraft by her fellow villagers. After being rescued by a mysterious stranger, she learns actual black magic spells in order to get vengeance against everyone.
This was a major hit in its home country, and star Suzzanna achieved cult status. To a western viewer's eyes, the glimpses of Indonesian folk culture are fascinating, while the filmmaking is rather limited in technique and budget. It's entertaining, but also very goofy. It was remade in 2019. (6/10)
Is the dialog in English?
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My favorite western set comedy is Along Came Jones with Cary Cooper, Loretta Young and Dan Duryea (as the bad guy who is the only one that plays it straight).
Cooper and Young have good chemistry and Cooper is great at spoofing the type of western man persona he established with films like The Westerner.
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17 minutes ago, King Rat said:
I first saw Robert Redford in an episode of TV's Bus Stop where he and Barbara Baxley played a couple who kidnaps the baby of a man who just won the Irish Sweepstakes. That show made me a fan of both actors, and I was happy to see Redford's career advance.
I had to google Baxley to remind myself of who she was; looking at the photos, I'm thinking of posting Baxley and June Lockhart under the Lookalike thread. (but Barbara does have larger\rounder eyes).
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4 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Wow Doug! Gotta say that I was RIGHT with ya here dude UNTIL I came upon that sentence I placed in bold letters up there!!!
LOL
For my work communications I used to capitalize NO and NOT since too often these words are missed based on preconceived bias.
E.g. I write: I do not wish to proceed with option-one. Staff really wanted to go with option-one, and thus proceeds with that misreading my communication (i.e. sorry, we didn't see the NOT!).
But 2 years back we hired a manager that is all love-and-peace but in a negative way. She complained that I was yelling at her employees. I tried to explain that I only use caps for these two words and why. Didn't help; The clown went to HR and I was asked to NOT do that. So now I just bold the NOs and NOTs.
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32 minutes ago, laffite said:
Right. That was part of the decision to fly to the unlikely one. As well perhaps of the Rat Race in general.
"Why are going to marry her," says Dean. "She's a pig!"
"Oh, I don't know. She loves me, I've never had anybody love me before. And besides, maybe I can help her."
Oh, man, Frankie, don't let the rest of the Rat Pack hearing you talk like that. They'll throw you out of the pool room.
[approximate quotes above]
I'm confused as to what you really think about the decision of the Dave Hirsh to agree to marry Ginny Moorehead.
Such a one-sided marriage would have never worked and Dave would have been stepping out on Ginny after a few months.
PS: Gwen French is clearly the women with more issues so ending that relationship was wise, but that doesn't mean one takes up with someone they don't love just because they are the lesser-evil. Marrying anyone would have put Dave more squarely into the Rat Race.
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3 hours ago, Shank Asu said:
The Late Show never used to be politically centric.
Yes, the initial "Late Show", hosted by Letterman, wasn't politically centric but the second iteration was designed to be politically centric from the start since it was mostly a carryover of Colbert's routine from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (and that show was politically centric). I view these two iterations of "The Late Show" as completely different programs.
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My top 5 favorite Redford films are:
Barefoot in the Park
Butch Cassidy
The Sting
Three Days of the Condor
Legal Eagles
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6 hours ago, DougieB said:
P.S. Also a fan of Lilia.
What is "Lilia" and how is that related to Debra Paget? Thanks
(and also thanks to the advise given because I have avoided some of the threads created by the OP, due to the difficulty in reading them).
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8 minutes ago, Shank Asu said:
Not at all, and i want to stay clear of politics and wish he could too.
Colbert is a T.V. host of a politically centric show. Asking him to "stay clear of politics" means you wish to put him out of a job.
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6 minutes ago, Peebs said:
Yep, exactly. Much clearer, thank you.
TB is in the business so he has a much better understanding then I do, but I would assume for most T.V. shows the producers know if there will be a next season or not (based on contractual terms), well before they have to script the last few episodes for a season. I would hope that is the case. It would be rather harsh for a network to not have negotiated with the producers if a show was to continue (or not) for another season until after the current season had ended.
PS: I see TB's comment: Interesting.
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3 minutes ago, Peebs said:
Do you know if Barnaby Jones has a final episode (tying things up or with some kind of definitive ending) or does it just end?
I assume you mean: did the producers of the show know that the season's final episode would be the show's final episode; I.e. they knew that the network had not renewed the show before writing what would become the show's final episode.
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Just off the top of my head I would recommend Shane, Ride the High Country and Dodge City.
Of course there are many more fine ones.
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I didn't list any of the Wayne \ O'Hara films as favorites since other than The Searchers and Liberty Valance, I'm not a fan of Wayne westerns, especially Wayne as a solider.
I was never able to watch The Quiet Man from beginning to end but I have seen large sections of this film; sound production values and solid acting but just not my cup of tea.
I also find Barry Fitzgerald to be more annoying than enjoyable.
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1 hour ago, Thompson said:
Warning, off topic. Robert Redford doesn’t usually make me sit up and notice, but in 30 minutes TCM airs The Natural. This is a good movie.
Instead of a warning about off-topic why not just post something like the above on the I Just Watched thread?
Just a suggestion.
PS: I found The Natural boring and I'm a fan of baseball (I say this last part since I know many people that believe baseball in general is boring).
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6 minutes ago, Katie_G said:
I also thought Robert Young was excellent in Crossfire and deserved some recognition. The poster artists abilities seemed to vary quite a bit!
I really love how calm the detective is as played by Young; E.g. the end scene always get me; Montgomery (Ryan), tries to get away and Finlay (Young), gets out his gun, goes to a window, shouts "Montgomery stop" and then shoots him down. All in a day's work!
Also when Finlay tells the story about Irish-Americans in the 1840s; he tells the story in a relaxed and calm manner, ending with noting that the Irish-American in his story was his grandfather!
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As part of Gloria Grahame TCM SUTS I watched the noir Crossfire for the umpteen time. First rate film.
All three Roberts do a good job with Mitchum and Ryan giving what would be known as very within-their-screen-persona type performances.
Robert Young impressed me the most as a disillusioned police detective. One of my favorite performances by him.
Of course Malone focused on Grahame and while she has limited screen time she makes the best of it and the film, as Malone stated, pushed up her profile with producers and directors, as well as fans. Young and Mitchum look like themselves in this poster, but Grahame and Ryan are "off".
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17 minutes ago, Hibi said:
Yes, they just repeat the same episodes. I think they just bought so many episodes to air, why they never go beyond that. My cable dropped Decades, but I'm not missing anything (DS-wise!)
My cable still carries Decades but they moved DS to 2:00 AM. (but they did make it an hour (2 episodes)).
If I'm watching T.V. at that time of night, it typically is because I'm having a bad night (e.g. too hot to sleep).
Still I really hope someone shows that Quentin storyline.
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1 hour ago, Hibi said:
I agree. The Quentin storyline was the show's peak. In popularity and quality.
Yes, the Quentin storyline was my favorite. I wish Decades or other classic-tv network would show those years of DS.
Instead Decades shows the same storyline (years), over and over and over again. E.g. they have a DS marathon and they show the same storyline they did when they had the last marathon. Does Victoria Winters have a side deal with Decades?
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I'm watching Green Dolphin Street. Not one of Lana Turner's best performances! But I love the song so here is a version that I try to copy (but without much success!).